Critical factors affecting the firm to share knowledge with trading partners: A comparative exploratory case study

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 113, Issue , 2005, Pages 177-183

  Ke, Weiling ^a   Wei, Kwok Kee ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

knowledge sharing; power; transaction cost economics; trust

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; KNOW-HOW; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; OPERATION EFFICIENCIES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POWER TRANSACTIONS; RESEARCH MODELS; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; SHARING INFORMATION; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRADING PARTNERS; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 77953861203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1089551.1089586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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